The early 2000s featured a raft of new bar and restaurant openings in the city centre catering for the trendy, hip, hop, and happening brigade all determined to enjoy a night on the tiles. These nightspots offered good food and drinks to cater for all tastes and budgets in relaxed and chilled out surroundings. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcase the best of the best on offer to city folk keen to rest and play after a hard week at work. Some venues thrived while others struggled and fell by the wayside. How many do you remember? READ MORE: 14 Leeds city centre landmark shops and department stores we have loved and lost LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Cosmopolitan
Do you remember Cosmopolitan on Lower Briggate? Pictured in June 2009. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Ha! Ha! Bar and canteen
Do you remember Ha! Ha! Bar and canteen at Millennium Square? Pictured in July 2001. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Aire Bar
October 2006 and pictured is Aire Bar at The Calls. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty
4. Coco
Do you remember Coco cafe bar? Pictured in June 2006. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby
5. Plush
Do you remember Plush on York Place? Pictured in March 2005. | Peter Langford Photo: Peter Langford
6. The Wardrobe
Remember The Wardrobe? Pictured in July 2005. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike